Richard Lloyd (guitarist)

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For the Irish cricketer and rugby union player of the same name, see Dickie Lloyd

Richard Lloyd (born 25 October 1951, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, probably best-known as a former member of the rock band, Television.

In addition to a more recent solo career, as a guitarist and session musician he has since worked with various luminaries in the music industry, including Matthew Sweet, John Doe (of the band X), and Stephan Eicher. He is also known to teach other aspiring guitarists in his studio in New York. He recently finished up producing the album "Let it Die" from HTR, or Holy Trinity River, a Brooklyn southern-rock influenced band who is on the rise. ^[1] He still owns the famous pinstriped Stratocaster he played with Television.

His other current projects include a reformation of Rocket From The Tombs. He has now released five solo albums. "Alchemy" in 1979, Field of Fire in 1986 (re released in 2007 with an additional disc of music),his live disc Real Time in 1987 (recorded at CBGB's) and The Cover Doesn't Matter in 2001. His most recent album The Radiant Monkey was released on Parasol Records in late 2007. The CD features Lloyd playing everything but the drums (manned by session drummer Chris Purdy and on one track Television's own Billy Ficca). And plans are in the works for his most ambitious album yet: a tribute to his hero Jimi Hendrix, due in 2008.

He has one son, Dylan, whom he affectionately refers to at all times as "Lil' Dyl," or the "Dillyfish."

[edit] Solo discography

Alchemy (Elektra 1979)
Field of Fire (Moving Target/Celluloid 1986) - later released on CD by Reaction Recordings (c/o Parasol Records)
Real Time (1987)
The Cover Doesn't Matter (2001)
The Radiant Monkey (2007)